Innovation groups

Innovation groups

OK-Net EcoFeed adopts an interactive multi-actor approach, bringing together practitioners with advisers and scientists in Innovation Groups (IGs). The project works with 11 Innovation Groups. These are established national or regional groups of organic farmers, processors, breeders, researchers, value chain groups or farmer associations, based in various parts of Europe. Innovation Groups focus either on pigs, broilers or laying hens. Some address more than one type of animal. To support the work of the IGs, each IG has a facilitator, who is internal to the group and partner of the project consortium.

IGs will meet within the first 3 months of the project to discuss relevant innovations and ideas. During this meeting IGs will be encouraged to identify the specific character and any likely needs of the group ahead of the testing of innovations in year 2 and 3. A workshop “science bazar” will be organised in July – August 2018 where a scientist will present and discuss potential scientific and technical innovations to the IG members. The aim of these bazars is two-fold;

to stimulate innovation from within the IGs and

to identify and discuss bottlenecks and solutions to knowledge implementation.

Pigs:

Country

Innovation Group

Contact

France

Organic pigs husbandry

Antoine Roinsard- antoine.roinsard(@)itab.asso.fr

Germany

VÖP

Elias Schmelzer – elias.schmelzer(@)bioland.de

Serbia

Danube Soya Serbia

Jovana Đisalov – Djisalov(@)donausoja.org

Spain

Ecovalia

Evelyn Alcázar/Angela Morell – Ecovalia.international(@)ecovalia.org

Sweden

Scania

Maria Wivstad – Maria.Wivstad(@)slu.se

United Kingdom

Innovative Farmers

Jerry Alford – jalford(@)soilassociation.org

Broilers:

France

FNAB Poultry group

Fiona Marty – fmarty(@)fnab.org

Antoine Roinsard – antoine.roinsard(@)itab.asso.fr

Italy

AIAB-broilers

Eugenio Papi – eugeniopapi1(@)gmail.com

Denmark

Organic broiler production group

Sanna Steenfeldt – sanna.steenfeldt(@)anis.au.dk

United Kingdom

Innovative Farmers

Jerry Alford – jalford(@)soilassociation.org

Germany

VÖP

Elias Schmelzer – elias.schmelzer(@)bioland.de

Layers:

France

FNAB Poultry group

Fiona Marty – fmarty(@)fnab.org

Antoine Roinsard – antoine.roinsard(@)itab.asso.fr

Italy

AIAB-eggs

Eugenio Papi – eugeniopapi1(@)gmail.com

Denmark

Greening of Organic Egg Production

Sanna Steenfeldt – sanna.steenfeldt(@)anis.au.dk

United Kingdom

Innovative Farmers

Jerry Alford – jalford(@)soilassociation.org

Germany

VÖP

Elias Schmelzer – elias.schmelzer(@)bioland.de

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 773911.

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